FLORIDA’S HISTORY MUSEUMS & HISTORIC HOUSE MUSEUMS
Florida’s history museums & historic museum houses tell a 3D tale of the state & the land boom of the 20's that cannot be fully expressed in any book, though I have to admit that I did a pretty good job in the historic documenatry film I produced! The...
CREATING A DREAM BUNGALOW KITCHEN, Part 2
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER Clutching my well worn BUNGALOW KITCHENS book, I began collecting the pieces for my dream bungalow kitchen in Tampa. The first was the stove because I knew that it would take 2 ½ years to be restored, all the way in Georgia. When I had lived in...
CREATING A BUNGALOW KITCHEN, PART 1
Time to grab your Kleenex box. Creating a bungalow kitchen never got any further than the dreams stage for me. I’d had my nose buried in Jane Powell’s BUNGALOW KITCHENS for a number of years & wanted nothing more (maybe world peace, but that’s about it) than an...
YOUR BUNGALOW KITCHEN MAKEOVER
You are so ready for your bungalow kitchen makeover. Your current kitchen is a confusing mash-up of several decades of “updating,” a chronicle of the latest trends & a vivid tale of too many decades spoiling the broth. Yeah, that was my kitchen & the broth was...
CHOOSE THE RIGHT WOOD FLOOR FINISH FOR YOUR BUNGALOW
The finish is the material that goes on top of a prepared wood floor- a correctly & thoroughly prepared floor- that makes it look fresh, emphasizes the grain & protects the wood, a comparatively soft & porous material. This finish does not protect the wood...
HISTORIC BUNGALOW WOOD FLOORS 101- The Forest to the Floor
I consider historic bungalow wood floors to be the single most endangered historic fabric, well, maybe second to windows! As a tree-hugging, wood flooring professional, specializing in the restoration & preservation of historic floors, I’d like to pass on what I...
SPECIES OF WOOD FLOORING MOST COMMONLY FOUND IN HISTORIC BUNGALOWS
There are several species of wood flooring most commonly found in historic bungalows. I have seen others but the species below are the ones to consider first when you do not know what your floor is. It is important to know the species of your bungalow wood floor...
BUNGALOW WOOD FLOORS RESTORATION GLOSSARY
Use this bungalow wood floors restoration glossary when you’re ready to have the wood floors of your bungalow refinished or when you need some installed. After having dealt with myriad contractors, you have learned a great deal about each trade & realize that the...
WHY SHOULD YOU PRESERVE YOUR BUNGALOW WOOD WINDOWS, ANYWAY?
I mean really! Why is it such a big honkin' deal to preserve your bungalow wood windows? If you’re lucky enough to have wood windows in your bungalow that aren’t painted shut, the dang ropes are broken, the wood is rotting & there’s a cracked pane or two. Rain is...
